A Tale of Monstrous Extravagance : Imagining Multilingualism
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
CLC Kreisel Lecture Series
ISBN-10
1772120413
ISBN-13
9781772120417
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Imprint
University of Alberta Press (CA)
Country of Manufacture
CA
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 13th, 2015
Print length
56 Pages
Weight
96 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 13.30 x 1.20 cms
Product Classification:
Autobiography: literaryMemoirsAutobiography: writersMemoirs
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Playwright, novelist, polyglot, pianist, trickster Tomson Highway's Henry Kreisel Lecture on the importance of multilingualism.
"Speaking one language, I submit, is like living in a house with one window only..." From his legendary birth in a snow bank in northwestern Manitoba, through his metamorphosis to citizen-artist of the world, playwright, pianist, polyglot, storyteller, and irreverent disciple of the Trickster, Tomson Highway rides roughshod through the languages and communities that have shaped him. Cree, Dene, Latin, French, English, Spanish, and the universal language of music have opened windows and widened horizons in Highway's life. Readers who can hang on tight-Highway fans, culture mavens, cunning linguists, and fellow tricksters-will experience the profundity of Highway's humour, for as he says, "In Cree, you will laugh until you weep."
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